I'm confused why there can't be one thread to discuss all Buffy episodes and Angel reruns. Hasn't everyone seen the Buffy finale? If that's so then every Buffy episode qualifies for the Previously thread anyway.

Exactly -- we're about halfway (or a little more) through the last Buffy thread -- when that's done won't all Buffy discussion occur in Previously -- and as I said, I think that Angel repeats will naturally be discussed in Previously too.

Wonder if we'll ever get the serendipitous airing of Buffy/Angel x-overs in the correct order?

Monique -- You and Kristen need to be consistant.

You know, I need to not feel like I have to come back in here and clarify things. Monique was nice enough to take over posting today, on her day off, so that I could get some work done at my actual job since I haven't done much of that this week. The truly amusing thing about all this is that she has been keeping me updated on all her posts and the resulting questions so that we would be consistent.

So I don't see how we're being inconsistent. In the very same post where I told people not to panic, I also said, "There are 34 open threads right now. There has to be some reasonable way to compromise and combine/delete some of those." Monique and I are saying the exact same thing which is:

No, don't panic.

No, we don't need to discuss deleting Natter/Bitches.

Yes, thread consolidation is necessary for the future health of this board.

Yes, deleting redundant threads is necessary for the future health of this board.

Yes, finding small ways to use fewer resources will add up to a nice-sized postive change overall.

I'm at a loss. Just when I think we're making progress in some direction, the discussion takes a turn towards left field. I can't keep up anymore. But if people truly feel that we're being inconsistent or talking out of both sides our mouths or whatever, then I don't know what to tell you, other than maybe Fangeek isn't as good of a fit for this community as we had hoped it would be.

Exactly -- we're about halfway (or a little more) through the last Buffy thread -- when that's done won't all Buffy discussion occur in Previously -- and as I said, I think that Angel repeats will naturally be discussed in Previously too.

That's not what's been proposed. All Buffy discussion will be in the Buffy thread regardless. If the Previously thread stays, it will be mostly for the syndicated run of Angel, although there will surely be some crossover talk. If the Previously thread gets voted out of existence, then the Angel rerun talk will be folded into the main Angel thread.

We should probably remove the NAFDA designation from the Buffy thread, no?

But if people truly feel that we're being inconsistent or talking out of both sides our mouths or whatever, then I don't know what to tell you, other than maybe Fangeek isn't as good of a fit for this community as we had hoped it would be.

I just want to say that I don't feel that, and I don't think it's the general feeling on the board. I understand that you're being slammed with hard, often redundant questions, and you're doing your best to answer them. I'm sorry if my questions last night in any way added to your frustration.

But why do it that way? It makes more sense to let Buffy die-out, move all previouslies to the Previously thread -- maybe we can include discussion of other syndicated shows w/o new episodes in the Previously thread too? It could be Previously on Buffy, Angel, Highlander, Due South, Farscape, Firefly (assuming no new Farscape or Firefly stuff appears.)

The slashy new stuff -- OC, Smallville, Alias could be on one thread too.

SBs are Nafda -- will anyone care if SBs and Natter are consolidated that we will be discussing Spike on Angel before anyone else sees Angel?

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It's the redundant questions, spread over three threads, that's most worrisome.

A Press post explaining what's happening, and how to help, would be most helpful.

You want I should draft this?

I keep my downloads set at 100, FWIW.

I think quickposts, timelies and numbersluts contribute to the overall hominess of the borad.

If mandating 50 to 100 posts per and jumping autorefresh to 30 minutes will let us keep the little sillynesses, I'm all for it.

If the code can be tweaked to make it even less a problem, wooo!

But I like us; I like the little posts, the long posts, the weird posts and even the nitpicky posts, the long arguments and the quick birthdays.

Anything that can be done to keep the flavor of the Buffistas without bashing away the nuances would make my day.

It's the redundant questions, spread over three threads, that's most worrisome.

Part of the problem is our server issues have a lot of facets. Some are affected by programming, some by posting habits, some by thread-proliferation/clean-up. There's a reason we're talking about this in Bureau, BBaBB, and here. It all overlaps.

A Press post explaining what's happening, and how to help, would be most helpful.

You want I should draft this?

I can't speak for anyone else, but - yes, please.

Daniel - this discussion is pretty centered on Kat's proposal to do some housekeeping (get rid of lesser used or redundant threads).

But why do it that way? It makes more sense to let Buffy die-out, move all previouslies to the Previously thread -- maybe we can include discussion of other syndicated shows w/o new episodes in the Previously thread too? It could be Previously on Buffy, Angel, Highlander, Due South, Farscape, Firefly (assuming no new Farscape or Firefly stuff appears.)

I (and others, but I'm not sure whom) would like to see Buffy continue (at least for a while) to have one thread called Buffy (and continue the NAFDA numbering). Now, we've never been on-topic thread cops. As long as someone wasn't spoiling anyone else, all topics were usually fair game in the show threads. Natter is only forbidden in Press and Beep Me, and "discouraged" in the other right hand threads. I don't think anyone would stop people from talking about Angel reruns in the Buffy thread. I do think it would be fitting for the Buffistas to maintain a Buffy thread. (Perhaps someday, it will die, and we'll feel differently.) Heck, we have 3 Firefly threads and there were 13 episodes? Hasn't due South been out of production for a long time? I do not understand why, in a time when we've been asked to be more efficient, Angel needs a unique Previously, when the Angel reruns will be fair game in so many other threads.

But why do it that way? It makes more sense to let Buffy die-out, move all previouslies to the Previously thread --

So your preference is to keep Previously as a thread and delete the Buffy thread, correct?

What this says to me is that we both agree that the two threads are redundant, it's just some folks want to get rid of Previously and some want to get rid of Buffy. It's up to the proposer, Kat, to decide which she puts to the vote. So far, she has opted for Previously, which means that if you really want to see the thread stay, you vote against closing that thread.

maybe we can include discussion of other syndicated shows w/o new episodes in the Previously thread too? It could be Previously on Buffy, Angel, Highlander, Due South, Farscape, Firefly (assuming no new Farscape or Firefly stuff appears.)

ooh, I'd be very much against this. Too close to repurposing it as a general syndicated thread, something that hasn't even been suggested up to now.